The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-09-23
The Chicago Anarchists.

sixteen months EhNt sldF'1tl since
that eyeutful Uight wien a bomb thcOwu
IL Chicago 10y men wh0 sJTOye 20 tOmeHJ
- revolt against the principles of good
government did bloody work amongst
faithful guardians Of life and property.
y long and WeaTisOme trial followed.
Those who were supposed either TO have
thrown the deadly missile or TO have
been accessories before the fact in the
commission OF murder were 2Traigned,
ana after weeks OF Jujicia! inquiry,
during which they were allowed To take
advantage q! every right accorded by
law, they were found guilty aud seuten-
C-d To death. Il was hardly TO be eX-
pected that they would waive the furth-
eT privilege or appeal TO the higher
Court, which has jus. upheld the origin
al judgement.
Both constitutional and unwritten
law, in dealing with the various grades
and phases OF crime either against iudi-
v.duals or communities. look to the
intent more than 10 the deed. and infiicc
punishment not merely as the reward Of
wrong doing but Is preventive and a
deterrent. The sauctlty Ot human life''
Is favOTite phrase OF sentimeutalists ;
but TINS thought IS too often made TO
Tuu in a single groove. The victim of
passion and revenge who sent 20 his ac-
count "unhOusel'G. disappointed, uns-
neaie'd, To reckoning made" is never
thought Of the muUd5Ter j. given the
benefit Of every QuiTk and quIbble, is
made the object OF petitions tor pardon
or clemeuCy, and If he die judicially he
be dies in the full OdOT of sauctity
Against this feeling justice often vainly
contends, and IS obliged to see criminals
saved from due process Of law for a time
and then thrust out upon society ready
10 recOmmit similar crimes. If it be
argued that capital punishment has not
prevented murder, then, by parity Of
reasoning, may not also be held that
solitary confinement or life imprisOn-
ment with hard labor has not yet ended
IL ? To the humanitarian ZealOt il
seems cruel ID put to death judicially :;
but the State is frequently in the diem
ma OF choice between evils. Could we
rid ourselves of the worm at the roots OF
our fg tree without putting II 10 death
we should 10 so surely no well-balanced
person would argue that we should let
the tree OF State Itself die
In these Chicago cases justice was du-
ly deliberate. Au,0cTacy condemns
without "a hearing every attempt to re
sist rs mandates anarchy, I'M yued with
al lc1uOciaSLlc spirit, seeks 70 pull down
without furnishing the mat.rza,s where
with 10 rebuild democracy, patient.
OUg-sutteTInE and tentative, waits aud
watches, tests aud experiments. weighs
and balances. and never decides until IL
feels that the evil uuesItued may be the
seed Of some uUWhU.e5oue revolution.
The >ccIa1s.Ic peril which we have 20
guard against has one marked singular
lt7. These internal foes are no. proper
" OF our OWE household They have a
i0reIgu-hCrn hatred of Eovernmeat, aud
they are not n sympathy with our be-
NeiA and traditions. our duty. Of
course, IS none the less plain. such
Immigrants must be made 10 understand
that th-y are essential 10 our progress
only IN 50 far as they become amenabIe
70 our institutions and permit them
selves 10 be taught our ways and meth
DDS. For their early education We are
not responsible but We may neutraliZe
It's effect by spreading intelligence
amongst those who otherwise might be
influenced by their seductive doctrines.
Thus may We esrape the reproach which
Sir Thomas More made :our hundred
years ago in his Utopia, " when he
said
II YOU suffer your people 90 be i'll
educated, and their manners 10 be cor
Tupted from their infancy, and tEen
punish them for those crimes 10 which
their first education disposed them.
what else is TO be concluded from this
but that you make thieves and then
punish them :-Pl5la. Record.